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Professor Joe Cain

UCL Professor of History and Philosophy of Biology

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Synthesis Period

Professor Joe Cain has specialist research interests in the synthesis period of evolutionary studies, 1930s-1940s. Often called the “evolutionary synthesis,” this period witnessed major changes in theory, practice, and community for evolutionary studies. It also witnessed the growth of organisational infrastructure associated with the subject, such as the journal Evolution and the Society fo the the Study of Evolution.

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Sewall Wright Taught Me series: Evolution, Genetics, Physiological Genetics | EGP

The mathematical population geneticist and evolutionary biologist Sewall Wright taught throughout his long career. Between 1926-1955, he worked at the University of Chicago. During this time, he developed and taught both undergraduate and graduate courses. […]

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Charles Bell Evolution - A Journal of Nature - cartoon from issue 07 Statue from Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the British Museum, Hoa Hakananai’a (or Stolen Friend) The Oxford Museum Crystal Palace and Park at Sydenham, coloured engraving by George Baxter, 1854 Bernissart Iguanodons Geology and Inhabitants of the Ancient World Aquarium in Horniman Museum Labyrinthodon model after conservation 2026 Crystal Palace Park Case 91 Heredity - Mendelism (additional detail) Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are statues by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who created them in 1850s. These are located in Crystal Palace, a suburb of London, UK. They are Grade 1 listed historical monuments, and were the first attempt to model these animals in life-size action. Case 36-39

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